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- '''Riley Schillaci''' is ["Famous Residents" recognized internationally] as one of the few female Sword Swallowers in the world. She has appeared in local publications, news broadcasts, and at Ripley's Believe It or Not! in Niagara Falls and Times Square. She has also opened for international bands and was a featured contestant on Season 6 of ''America's Got Talent''. - - Riley's other skills also include: Fire Eating, Fire Breathing, Human Pincushion, Human Blockhead, Bed of Nails, Blade Ladder, Mouse Traps, and Balloon Twisting. - - Riley Schillaci was born in Rochester, New York on December 22, 1982 to Michael Schillaci and Deborah Schillaci (Healy). She is third generation Sicilian on her father’s side. Her mother’s family is of Irish, German, and English descent. She briefly moved to Allentown PA in 2009, but returned to Rochester in the spring of 2012. - - Schillaci's first brush with fame came early. In 1983 she became a "Kodak Baby", one of 13 infants featured in a panoramic photo taken by photographer Sam Campanaro which was used in Kodak advertisements worldwide. The photograph was also used on the cover of ''Photographing Your Baby'' by Eastman Kodak Co. Editors (1984). Three more versions of the photograph were taken of the children at various ages. - - Shillaci is one of less than a few hundred active professional sword swallowers performing around the world today. - - '''Educational Background''' - - Graduated Webster Schroeder High School in 2001, with a New York State regents diploma. - - Received an Associates Degree, in Liberal Arts, from ["Monroe Community College"] in 2003 - - Graduated from the State University of New York College at ["SUNY Brockport" Brockport], in 2006, with a double major in sociology, and health science. - - '''Performance Career''' - - Schillaci had opened for musical acts such as Type O Negative and My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, and performs at private and public events. In 2009 Schillaci was chosen to represent the Sword Swallowers Association International at Ripley's Believe It Or Not! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW-LN912hb4 Niagara Falls], in honor of International Sword Swallower Awareness Day. On April 17, 2010 Riley Schillaci appeared on a live webcast with members of the band GWAR for their first annual Crack-A-Thon, streamed on Ustream. - - In recent years, Riley has turned her focus to balloon twisting and more family oriented entertainment, under the rebranding of '''Balloons Roc'''. - - '''Television Appearances''' - * WHAM-TV "Morning Show" by Norma Holland (2008) - * R News "Her Hobby's Hard To Swallow" by Seth Voorhees (2008) - * ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpcrh8TVKBs America's Got Talent]'' (American Series, June 2011) - - '''Print Appearances''' - * ''Messenger Post'', "Hard to Swallow” Tori Uthe (November, 2007) - * ACT : LIVE [1]" Deep Throats: Running With Swords" James Niche (July, 2008) - * ''Insider'', "What’s The Point?" Troy Smith (March, 2008) - - Riley's last name is pronounced ''Sha-lacy''. - - Schillaci is also an amateur musician and writer. She plays guitar, is classically trained in vocals. - - Schillaci has turned down two offers to appear on the ''Jerry Springer Show'' and a ''Too Hot For T.V.'' special because they wanted her to appear completely topless, for as she puts it, "chump change". - - '''References''' - * GWAR, Crack-A-Thon, ustream.tv. Broadcast on April 17, 2010. - * Holland, Norma. 13WHAM News. Broadcast on June, 2008. - * Meyer, Dan. Sword Swallower's Association International.[2] Accessed on August 17, 2008. - * Niche, James. ACT : LIVE'. Accessed on August 20, 2008. - * Schillaci, Riley. Riley Schillaci. com. Accessed on August 17, 2008. - * Smith, Troy. Insider. What's The Point?, March 7, 2008. - * Uthe, Tori. Messenger Post "Hard to Swallow". November 14, 2007. - * Voorhees, Seth. R NEWS. Broadcast on February 12, 2008 -

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- \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Sideshow Artist'''\|\| - - ## Use the following format for website or remove this section if no website is available - \|\|<class="tablehead">'''www.oddgirl.net, www.rileyschillaci.com'''\|\| - - Riley Schillaci is recognized internationally as one of the few Female Sword Swallowers in the world. She has appeared in local publications, news broadcasts, opened for international bands, appeared at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Niagara Falls, and Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Times Square. Riley was also a featured contestant on season 6 of America's Got Talent.	+ '''Riley Schillaci''' is ["Famous Residents" recognized internationally] as one of the few female Sword Swallowers in the world. She has appeared in local publications, news broadcasts, and at Ripley's Believe It or Not! in Niagara Falls and Times Square. She has also opened for international bands and was a featured contestant on Season 6 of ''America's Got Talent''.
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- Graduated from the State University of New York College at Brockport, in 2006, with a double major in sociology, and health science.	+ Graduated from the State University of New York College at ["SUNY Brockport" Brockport], in 2006, with a double major in sociology, and health science.
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- Schillaci had opened for musical acts such as, Type O Negative, and My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, and performs at private and public events. In 2009 Schillaci was chosen to represent Sword Swallowers Association International at Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Niagara Falls, in honor of International Sword Swallower Awareness Day. On April 17, 2010, Riley Schillaci appeared on a live webcast with members of the band GWAR, on their first annual Crack-A-Thon, streamed on Ustream.	+ Schillaci had opened for musical acts such as Type O Negative and My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, and performs at private and public events. In 2009 Schillaci was chosen to represent the Sword Swallowers Association International at Ripley's Believe It Or Not! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW-LN912hb4 Niagara Falls], in honor of International Sword Swallower Awareness Day. On April 17, 2010 Riley Schillaci appeared on a live webcast with members of the band GWAR for their first annual Crack-A-Thon, streamed on Ustream.
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- Television Appearances - * WHAM-TV "Morning Show" by Norma Holland (2008) - * R News "Her Hobby's Hard To Swallow" by Seth Voorhees (2008) - * America's Got Talent (American Series, June 2011)	+ '''Television Appearances''' + * WHAM-TV "Morning Show" by Norma Holland (2008) + * R News "Her Hobby's Hard To Swallow" by Seth Voorhees (2008) + * ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpcrh8TVKBs America's Got Talent]'' (American Series, June 2011)
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- Print Appearances - * Messenger Post"Hard to Swallow” Tori Uthe (November, 2007) - * ACT : LIVE [1]" Deep Throats: Running With Swords" James Niche (July, 2008) - * Insider, "What’s The Point?" Troy Smith (March, 2008)	+ '''Print Appearances''' + * ''Messenger Post'', "Hard to Swallow” Tori Uthe (November, 2007) + * ACT : LIVE [1]" Deep Throats: Running With Swords" James Niche (July, 2008) + * ''Insider'', "What’s The Point?" Troy Smith (March, 2008)
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- References - * GWAR, Crack-A-Thon, ustream.tv. Broadcast on April 17, 2010. - * Holland, Norma. 13WHAM News. Broadcast on June, 2008. - * Meyer, Dan. Sword Swallower's Association International.[2] Accessed on August 17, 2008. - * Niche, James. ACT : LIVE'. Accessed on August 20, 2008. - * Schillaci, Riley. Riley Schillaci. com. Accessed on August 17, 2008. - * Smith, Troy. Insider. What's The Point?, March 7, 2008. - * Uthe, Tori. Messenger Post "Hard to Swallow". November 14, 2007. - * Voorhees, Seth. R NEWS. Broadcast on February 12, 2008	+ '''References''' + * GWAR, Crack-A-Thon, ustream.tv. Broadcast on April 17, 2010. + * Holland, Norma. 13WHAM News. Broadcast on June, 2008. + * Meyer, Dan. Sword Swallower's Association International.[2] Accessed on August 17, 2008. + * Niche, James. ACT : LIVE'. Accessed on August 20, 2008. + * Schillaci, Riley. Riley Schillaci. com. Accessed on August 17, 2008. + * Smith, Troy. Insider. What's The Point?, March 7, 2008. + * Uthe, Tori. Messenger Post "Hard to Swallow". November 14, 2007. + * Voorhees, Seth. R NEWS. Broadcast on February 12, 2008

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	+ ## Use this template for pages of public persons or figures, not normally for User Pages + ## Tables have to all be on one row. + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Riley-Ann Schillaci''' \|\| \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Riley Schillaci'''\|\| + + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''December 22, 1982'''\|\| \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Rochester NY'''\|\| + + + \|\|N/A\|\| \|\|N/A\|\| + ## leave a blank line here (starts a new narrow table + + + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Sword Swallower, and Kodak Baby'''\|\| + + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Sideshow Artist'''\|\| + + ## Use the following format for website or remove this section if no website is available + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Website'''\|\| + ## \|\|www.oddgirl.net\|\| + ## \|\|www.rileyschillaci.com\|\| + \|\|Unknown\|\| + + Riley Schillaci is recognized internationally as one of the few Female Sword Swallowers in the world. She has appeared in local publications, news broadcasts, opened for international bands, appeared at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Niagara Falls, and Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Times Square. Riley was also a featured contestant on season 6 of America's Got Talent. + + Riley's other skills also include: Fire Eating, Fire Breathing, Fire Spinning, Fire Hooping, Fire Fans, Human Pincushion, Human Blockhead, Bed of Nails, Mouse Traps, and Burlesque. + + Riley Schillaci was born in Rochester, New York on December 22, 1982 to Michael Schillaci and Deborah Schillaci (Healy). She is third generation Sicilian on her father’s side. Her mother’s family is of Irish, German, and English descent. She briefly moved to Allentown PA in 2009, but returned to Rochester in the spring of 2012. + + Schillaci's first brush with fame came as an infant, when in 1983 she became a "Kodak Baby", one of 13 infants pictured in a panoramic photo, taken by photographer Sam Campanaro which was used in Kodak advertisements world wide. The photograph was also used on the cover of “Photographing Your Baby” by Eastman Kodak Co. Editors (1984). Three more versions of the photograph were taken of the children at various ages. + + Shillaci is one of less than a few dozen actively performing professional sword swallowers alive performing around the world today, with less than 20 women practitioners of the art. + + Educational Background + + Graduated Webster Schroeder High School in 2001, with a New York State regents diploma. + + Received an Associates Degree, in Liberal Arts, from Monroe Community College, in 2003 + + Graduated from the State University of New York College at Brockport, in 2006, with a double major in sociology, and health science. + + Performance career + + Schillaci had opened for musical acts such as, Type O Negative, and My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, and performs at private and public events. In 2009 Schillaci was chosen to represent Sword Swallowers Association International at Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Niagara Falls, in honor of International Sword Swallower Awareness Day. On April 17, 2010, Riley Schillaci appeared on a live webcast with members of the band GWAR, on their first annual Crack-A-Thon, streamed on Ustream. + + Television Appearances + * WHAM-TV "Morning Show" by Norma Holland (2008) + * R News "Her Hobby's Hard To Swallow" by Seth Voorhees (2008) + * America's Got Talent (American Series, June 2011) + + Print Appearances + * Messenger Post"Hard to Swallow” Tori Uthe (November, 2007) + * ACT : LIVE [1]" Deep Throats: Running With Swords" James Niche (July, 2008) + * Insider, "What’s The Point?" Troy Smith (March, 2008) + + + Riley's last name is procounced, Sha-lacy + + Schillaci is also an amateur musician and writer. She plays guitar, is classically trained in vocals, and also plays trumpet. + + She traveled to Vietnam for 2 months, while studying for her Bachelors Degree at SUNY Brockport. Here she worked with children affected by agent orange, the elderly, as well as taught conversational English to adults. + + Schillaci has turned down two offers to appear on the Jerry Springer Show’s, To Hot For T.V. special, because they wanted her to appear completely topless, for as she puts it, "chump change". + + "Booze and Broads" are in Schillaci's blood. Her great-great grandparents ran a speak-easy in New Jersey, during prohibition, and her great-great grandmother used to sing at burlesque/vaudeville shows in the Atlantic City. + + References + * GWAR, Crack-A-Thon, ustream.tv. Broadcast on April 17, 2010. + * Holland, Norma. 13WHAM News. Broadcast on June, 2008. + * Meyer, Dan. Sword Swallower's Association International.[2] Accessed on August 17, 2008. + * Niche, James. ACT : LIVE'. Accessed on August 20, 2008. + * Schillaci, Riley. Riley Schillaci. com. Accessed on August 17, 2008. + * Smith, Troy. Insider. What's The Point?, March 7, 2008. + * Uthe, Tori. Messenger Post "Hard to Swallow". November 14, 2007. + * Voorhees, Seth. R NEWS. Broadcast on February 12, 2008 + + [[Comments]]